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Ancient figurines are on display during the announcement of the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple in Jordan. The sanctuary discovered at Khirbat ‘Ataroz southwest of the capital Amman, shows the advanced worship practices in Jordan’s ancient Moabite kingdom.
AMMAN, Jordan Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple [...]
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JERUSALEM – A tiny clay fragment dating from the 14th century B.C. contains a section of the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, researchers say.
The 3,350-year-old clay fragment was uncovered during sifting of fill excavated from beneath a 10th-century B.C. tower in an area near the southern wall of Jerusalem’s Old City, the Hebrew [...]
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Tuesday’s dive explored the sprawling palace and temple complex where Cleopatra, the last of Egypt’s Greek-speaking Ptolemaic rulers, seduced the Roman general Mark Antony before they committed suicide upon their defeat by Octavian, the [...]
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